John mcmillen



MQM'IL'LEN.

HAY KNIFE.

Patented Oct, 1 1886.

* UNITED STATES PATENT Trice.

J OHN MCMILLEN, OF EAST BRANTFORD, COUNTY OF BRANT, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HAY-KNI FE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,196. dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed March 31, 1886. Serial No. 197,247. No model.) Patented in Canada April 1, 1884, No. 19,002.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MOMILLEN, of East Brantford, in the county of Brant, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Oanada,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hay-Knives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription of the construction and operation of the same.

The invention relates to a very handy and convenient device for cutting hay, straw, or manure.

The device consists in a metal blade about from sixteen to eighteen inches in length and three and a quarter inches broad,having an upward shank welded to it on the top side, so that when it is vertical the cutting-edge ofthe blade stands about at an angle of thirty degrees. To the upper part of said shank is attached a horizontal foot-bar to receive the pressure of the foot in operating the device. The outer end of the said foot-bar is bent upward and made to enter the end of a wooden handle. At the junction of the foot-bar and shank there is a small upward. projection to prevent the operators foot from slipping ofi' when pressing on the foot-bar.

By reference to the drawingforming part of this specification, it will be seen that in the figure, A represents the steel blade set at the best cutting angle, as shown; C, the shank welded to the blade; 0, the footrest upon which to press the foot to cause the knife to cut; a, the projection to prevent the foot from slipping off; B. the wooden handle for controlling the knife.

It will be observed that the upper part of the shank C can be bent at right angles to the lower part to form the footrest G, or the latter welded to the shank in the same position.

The whole length of the instrument will be about from three and a halt to four feet, and will perform the operation of cutting about 0ne-half easier than by handand'twice as quick.

In operating the device the handle 13 is simply held in the hands and the operatorplaccs his foot on the foot bar 0 and presses the weight of his body on it to'make each cut into whatever substance he wishes to cut, the angle of the knife being so set as to cause the least resistance and perform the work easily.

Having thus described my device and its advantages,what I claim as my invention, and

desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hay, straw, or manure knife, the blade A, constructed in theforni and angle as shown, and having the shank 0 attached about the center of it, and bent at rightangles, as at w a, to form the foot-rest O and stop a, and terminating in a handle, B, attixed to the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. Ina hay, straw, or manure knife, the coinbination of the blade A, the shank O, foot-rest O, and handle B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Dated at Hamilton, Ontario, this 27th day of March, 1886.

JOHN MODIILIJEN.

In presence of CHAS. G. McMILLEN, W. BRUCE. 

